Ticket printing and registering apparatus.



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Figlf UNITED sTATEs PATENT I orme MARTINA LEBEIYS, OF KALK, NEAR COLOGNE, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO REGINA MASOHINENFABRIK, G. M. B. H., OF KALK, NEAROOLOGNE, GERMANY.

TICICET PRINTING-*AND REGISTERING APPARATUS.

No. 899,671. y

Application led December 27, 1906. I Serial No. 405,115.

Specification of Letters Patent.r

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

To aZZcUwm it may concern:

Be `1t known that l, MARTIN LEBEIs, a

citizen of the Empire ofGermany, residing My invention relates to a new kind of ap-l paratus for printing and registering railway'- tickets and the like, in which loose type plates, either alone or in combination with carriers, are disposed in a rotatable drum, from whencethey can be severally withdrawn for their introduction into a printing device simultaneously with a ticket blank, so that the latter may be printed, after which it is discharged and the type plate is returned to the drum.

Means are provided for adjusting the rotatable drum by turning it and for adjusting the printing device with regard to the rotatable drum, sol that the type plate for the desired station name and the desired kind 'of ticket can be brought into a proper position with regard to theprinting device, before it is withdrawn from the drumand placed in the printing device for the impression., .The

type plates may be Withdrawn from the drum and returned to the same either in a radial direction or in a direction parallel to the drum, or they may be turned with their carriers around pins in the peri her-y of the'drum.

Fromthis it follows, that t e construction of the apparatus .may be varied in many respectsj without `departing from the spirit of my invention; l f

I will now roceed to describe my invention with reference to the'accompanying drawings, in Wliich- Figure 1 shows the lower part of an apparatus, partly in elevation and partly in a vertical section through the line y-fy in Fig. 2, this apparatus comprising a'rotatable drum v.with radial compartments for loose type "plates, Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinals section `through the apparatus on the line 2 2 in Fig.` 3, Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section.` through the same on the line y-fy in Fig.'2,J v parts being omitted, Fig. 4 is the left lower .part of Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale and shows the printing device, Fi'. 5 is a perspective view on an enlarged sca e and illustrates the manner, in which a'ty'pe plate can b'e coupled with a slide, Fig. 6 1s an elevation of the printing device, seen in the direction from right to left in Fi 4, and a cross section through a part of t e drum, Fig. 7 is an elevation of the lower part of a modified front side of the apparatus, Fig. 8 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of a part of asecond printing device which will be referred to' later on, Fi 9 is a perspective view on an enlarged sca e of a part of the-drum, Fig. '10

`is a perspective view and illustrates the manner, in which the lowermost ticket blank is ejected from the respective channel of the reservoir, Fig. 11 is a view of a locking and unlocking device for the drum, Fig. 12 is a side view of the same, Fig. 13 illustrates a modified a paratus with a drum, in whichv the type ates with their carriers are radially mova le, and is on the left side a vertical section through the apparatus on the line w-w in Fig. 14 and on the right side an elevation, Fig. 14 is on the left side a horizontal section through the saine on the brokenline v-Jv in Fig. 13 and on the right side a plan, Fig. 15 is a detail to illustrate the manner, in `which a type plate can be coupled with a rack, Fig. 16 shows a further modification of the apparatus, in which the type lplates with their carriers are movable in a direction par allel to the drum shaft, andis a vertical section through the ap aratus on the broken line u-u in Fig. 17, t 1e right standard being shown in elevation, Fig. 17 is a plan of the same, the printing device beine shown in section, Fig. 17 a is a detail, which willbe referred to later on, Fig. 18 shows a further modification of the apparatus, in which the carriers ofthe type lates are mounted in the periphery of the, rum to rock inv radial planes, and is a vertical longitudinal section through the reservoir and the rinting device infone plane .and through t e drum in another plane, Fig. 19 is a plan ofthe reservoir, the printing device and the operating lever and a horizontal section'through part of the drum, and Fig. 20 is an elevation of the inking device.

Similar characters of reference` refer` to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figs. 1 to 12 illustrate a ticket printing and registering apparatus with arotatable drum from which the type plates can be withdrawnk in a radial direction. Within a suitable'casing 58 two standards 52, 52 are disposed, in

side of the casing 58. Into each compartment 3 of the drum 50 a single type plate 2 can be loosely placed. The type plates in every horizontal row of compartments in the same radial plane are destined for the same station name, but the type plates in each of thev eight parallel sections of the drum are for different station names which are shown on the dial 15 and are for one kind of ticket. For example the first section of the drum 5() may hold type plates 2,2 for first class tickets, the second section those for second class tickets, the third section those for third class tickets, the fourth section those for return tickets, the fifth section those for dog tickets and so on.

The disks 54, 54 are provided with radial vslits 44, 44 (see Fig. 9) and slots 43, 43 at right angles thereto. In the slits 44, 44 strips 42, 42 are mounted to longitudinally move, while they are prevented from getting 0H by hoops (not shown) placed round the peripheries of the disks 54, 54. The strips 42, 42 form continuations of the radial plates 53, 53 and are provided with locking pins 41,

'41, which are adapted to normally occupy one position shown at Fig. 12 with reference to the twol upper and the one lower strips 42, 42 and to 'engage in the other position in the slots 43, 43 in the disks 54, 54, see the intermediate strip 42 in Fig. 12. case the pins 41, 41 of every strip 42 will prevent the type plates 2, 2 in thetwo rows of compartments 3, 3. above and below the strip 42 from falling off during the rotation of the drum. In the latter case the pins 41,41 will release the said type plates and permit the respective type plate inthe upper r'ow of compartments to be withdrawn. The left ends of all the strips 42, 42 in Figs. 2 and 12- are so cut out, as to formT pieces, which can severally pass through a corresponding cut of a lock 45 during the rotation of the drum 50 in either direction. This lock 45 is mounted to longitudinally move in a suitable support 46, in which a' two-armed lever 49. (see Fig. 11) is mounted to rock about a pin 48. The

lower arm of the lever 49 is inany known manner pivotally connected with the lock 45. 7 A helical spring 491 tends to hold the lock 45 in its normallposition, so that the Tjshaped ends of the severalstrips 42, 42 may pass through the cut of the locky 45. The same helical spring 491 presses the upper arm of the lever 49 against a camV disk 47'fastened on a horizontal shaft which is mounted to turn' in suitable bearings on 'the insides of the cas ing 58, this shaft 65 being parallel to the drum 50. It will be seen, thatduring one revolution of the shaft 65 the cam disk 47 will pushthe rethe strip 42.

In the former spective strip 42 inwards in the direction of the arrow in Fig, 12 by means of the lock 45, so as to release the type plates 2, 2 in the two rows of compartments 3, 3 above and below On the lever 49 being released by the cam disk 47 the helical spring 491 will return the shifted strip 42 into its normal position. A ring 38 (see Fig. 3) fastened in the casing surrounds the right end disk 54 of the drum 50 in Fig. 2 and is provided with a radial slot 39 (see Fig. 3), into which the right end of either strip 42 in Fig. 2 can engage, if the strip 42 is pushed inwards by the cam disk 47, so as to lock the drum 50 and to prevent it from shifting, as long as the respective type plate 2 is withdrawn from its compartment 3. Thus the type plate 2 on being returned is prevented from getting into a wrong compartment 3.

The drum shaft 51 is at its front end rigidly connected with a hand-crank 13 and an indicator 16 and it will be obvious, that by means of the hand-crank 13 the drum can be adjusted by turning, regard being had to the indicator 16, which should point at the desired station name in the dial 15.

Above the drum 50 a shaft 227 parallel to it is mounted to turn in suitable bearings on on it a registering type drum 226. The two shafts 51 and 227 are connected by means of two like gear wheelsv 122 and 123, so that the two drums 50 and 226 will be turned simultaneously in opposite directions and through the same angles, if the hand-crank 13 is turned. The registering ytyp'e l drum 226 serves for registering the tickets printed. Consequently it has as many parallel sections in the longitudinal direction as the drum50 and each of its sections has as many type sectionsfas eachsection of the drum 50 has compa'rtments 3, 3. Each of these type sections contains the number of a station, the class or sort and the price of the ticket. Of course the 'type sections in the several sections of the drum 226 are arranged in the reverse-of the order, in which the type plates 2, 2 are disposed in the several sections of compartments 3, 3. in four horizontal rows on the first consecutive sections of the drum 226 may be arranged as follows z` 5 33 P. I 2.90 33 P. II 2.20 33 I. III 1.50 33 I. IV .S0 37 I. I 3.20 37 P. II 2.40 37 P. III 1.60 37 P.. IV .80 43 P. I .50 43 1)..II .'40 43 I). III .25 43 1. IV .I5 f 44 I. I .90 44 P. II .70 44 I. III- .50 44 P. IV .25

In each of these four groups the first` column For example the type sections the insides of the casing 58 and has fastened iio comprises the numbers of the several station names, the second column the kinds of trains' (in this instance denoted by P=passenger train, or it may be a Ffor fasttrain or a T- for through-train or a S for saloon-train andc so on), the third column the classes of cars (I =first class, I I=second class and so on) and the fourth column the prices of tickets (in this case in German currency).

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On a suitable table 113 within the casing1 58 a reservoir 17 is disposed, which comprises eight vertical channels in the same central planes as the type plates 2, 2 in the opposite sections of the drum 50. The lower edges of the eight channels in the reservoir 17 are proi vided with lugs (see Fig. 10) for supporting the columns of ticket blanks 18, 18, which latter are charged into the channels from above. An ejector 108 is disposed for every channel of the reservoir 17 on the under side of the vtable 113 and is mounted to move in suitable grooves. Each ejector 108 is provided with a pendent pin 109, which is guided in a slot 114 of the table 113.

Two frame 'parts 92, 92 are suspended from the already mentioned shaft by means of two eyes 66, 66, which are adapted to slide on the shaft 65.V The parts 92, 92

are combined by means of a suitable table with the extension 216, so that a movable frame is thus formed, in which two racks7 and 20 are mounted-to longitudinally move and` also a shaft 110 is mounted therein to f,- rock. On this shaft 110 are fastened a crank 117 and a gear wheel 210, vwhich latter mesheswith the two racks 7 and 20. The rack 20 is doubly bent and is provided at its end v111 with a recess, in which the pin 109 of either ejector 108 can engage, It will be understood, that the rack 20 on being moved in either direction .will take along with it the respective ejector 108. Between the two eyes 66, 66 an eccentric 68is disposed which can move on the shaft 65 and isprevented from turning thereon by a spline engaging in the longitudinal groove 69'of the shaft 65.

The strap of the eccentric 68 is cast in one piece with a rod 90, which is pivotally connectedwith a movable platen 9 bymeans of a pin 91. The' movable platen 9 is'guided in suitable grooves in the frame parts 92, 92, "A forked ticket blank support 70 is. disposed above the table of the printing device 4 and its two vertical arms 71, 71 are guided on the one frame `part 92 by means of small screws/y 72,72, which engage in slots of the arms 71, 71. A helical spring 73 presses the ticket blank support 70 upwards and holds it in such a lposition,that the lowermost ticket blank 18 in 4either channel of the reservoir 17 on being ejected by the-ejector 108 (see Fig. 10) will be placed on the support 70. The platen 9 during its downward motion will meet the ticket blank 18 and move it downwards idly connected and are so connected in any known manner with the one eye 66, that they are obliged to partake in the motion of the frame of the printing device 4 along the shaft and in the rotation of the latter. A bellcrank lever 76 is mounted to rock on a pin 75 on a suitable projection of the oneframe part 66. The horizontal arm of the lever 76 is made to bear on the periphery of the cam disk 77 and its vertical arm is pressed away from the next frame part 92 by a spring 76a and is pivotally connected with an ejector 78.

It will now be evident, that the printed ticket on the support 70 will be discharged from the printing device 4, the moment the support 70 attains its initial position and the cam disk 77 acts upon the horizontal arm of the lever 76. An inking roller 29 is mounted to turn in suitable arms of the two frame parts 92, 92 (see F ig. 6) and serves for inking the respective type plate 2 during its passage from its compartment 3 to the table and back. The cam disk 115 is provided with a groove, in which a pin on the connecting rod,118 engages andthe latter is ivotally connected with the crank 1 17 alrea y mentioned above. it will be seen, that during one revolution of the shaft 65 the cam disk 115 will by the parts 118,A 117 and 110 put the gear wheel 210 into two oscillations in both directions for simultaneously reciprocating the two racks 7 and 20 in opposite directions. The shaft 65 can be turned from without by means of a hand-crank 102 (see Fig. 4), its shaft and two gear wheels 101 and100. The left frame part 92 in Fig. 4 is rovided with an arm 56, which is connectedp with an end# less chain 57. The latter passes over two chain wheels 55, 55 fastened on two horizontal shafts, which are mounted to turn in suitable `brackets in the casingv 58. The one Ishaft 62 can be turned from without by 4means of a hand-crank 24, its shaft 22 and two gear wheels f60 and 61. Thereby the printing device 4 can be shifted along the drum `50 and the reservoir 17. Fastened on the shaft 22 is a bevel wheel 63, which meshes with another bevel wheel 64. The latter is fast on a horizontal shaft, which is mounted to turn in suitable bearings in the casing 58 and carries at its external end an indicator 26 (see Fig. 7), that will show the momentary position of the printing device 4 on a dial 25.

vThis dial 25 has marks for indicating the several kinds of ticket, such as for example I, H, III, IV,W, M, D, F for first, second, third and fourth classes, for workmen tickets, military tickets, dog tickets, fast train tickets and so on in accordance with the number of sections in the drum 50 and that of channels in the reservoir 17. Obviously the number of sections'in the drum 50 and that of channels in the rservoir 17 maybe increased or decreased in accordance with'the kinds of tickets to be printed.

` Every type plate 2 may be a gala ano or a stereotype, a'steel stamp or' the like, which is -fastened on a steel plate 103.- Theflatter is pression.

provided with four lugs 104, 104 and a hook 105, see Fig. 5. The four lugs 104, 104 project a little above the faces of the types, so as to protect them from damages during the motion of the drum 50, they serving as feet, when the typelate 2 is turned with its face downwards an rests on the opposite radial plate 53. The hook 105 may project downwards and is adapted to be seized by two hooks 106, 106, which are mounted to rockv on two vertical pins at the end of the rack 7 and are normally spread by means of a spring 119. The rack 7 moves in a groove v89 in the projection 216 and in the table of the printing device. 4 and this groove 89 is made so deep, that the upper faces of the two hooks 106, 106 are slightly beneath the level of the surface, on which the type late 2 is made to slide. The groove 89 is adapted to fold the two hooks 106, 106 on the rack 7 being withdrawn, so that thetwo hooks 106, 106 will engage the hook 105 and thereby couple the type plate 2 with the rack 7. Thus the type plate 2 can be withdrawn from its compartment 3 and placed on the table for the im- When after the impression the type plate 2. is pushed back into its compartment 3 by the rack 7, the two hooks 106, 106 will on leaving the groove 89 be opened by their spring 119 torelease the type plate 2. It should be noted, that in Fig. 5 -the ty e plate 2 is shown as placed further off from t e table 216 for the sake of clearness, while in reality it is placed nearer to the table 216 as is shown in Fig. 6. Y

A strap 80 is attached to the printing device 4 at 79A and is led over rollers 82, 82` in suitable brackets 581.

horizontal motion of `the printing device `4 the strap 80 can follow and will for any osir tion of the printing device form an inc ined may contain on both sides numbering and dating devices of any known construction (noti-shown), so that the .ticket blank 18 may be not only printed, but also numbered and dated. In the apparatus illustrated in the .o

drawings, however, a separate numbering and dating dev-ice is provided on the inside of the front wall of the casing 58 as follows. A shaft 96 (see Fig. 4) is mounted to turn in the twogbrackets 581 and has fastened on it an arm 149, which is rigidly connected with the strap 147 of an 'eccentric 146 fastened on the shaft 65.` On the shaft 96 a pendent-lever is 'mounted to longitudinally move, while it is prevented from .turning on the shaft 96 by a spliiie engaging 1n a groove of the same. The

lower endof this'lever is shaped to form a 1J-shaped casing 97, in which a type plate 142 can be secured by means of a screw- It is tightened byv means of weights 81, 81, so that during they threaded handle 143. The latter passes through a horizontal sloty 144 of the casing 58 to without (see Fig. 7) and can be seized by the operator forV horizontally adjusting the type plate 142 according to a convenient scale. The type plate 142 may have several distinct 'type sections, either or several of which may be printed ofi` on the back of the ticket 18. The vcasing 97 is on the lower face provided with a pin 971, which engages in a slot 93 of a slide 84. This slide 84 is on both sides guided in suitable grooves in the two brackets 581 and is provided with a cross slot 91 parallel to the slot 93 and the shaft 96 and with a hole for a pin 85. The cross slot-91 is made sufficiently long to permit the ticket 18 (see Fig. 8) to pass through it. A platen 99 is secured in the two brackets 581 and is provided with a numbering and dating device I 145 of any known construction, the spindle 98 of which carries an arm 140. The latter is pivotally connected with the slide 84 by means of a link 141 rovided with the said pin 85. Tt will now fie understood, that for the normal position of the lever 97 its pin 971 bears against the left side of the-slot 93 and the slide 84 occupies such a position, that the ticket 18 falling off. the stra 80 and guidedv through a hopper 83 will fal with its lower" edge on the slide 84 along' the slot 91 as is indicated by dotted lines yin Fig. 8. When the casing 97 with the type plate 142 under the action of the eccentric 146 moves from left to right in Figs. 4 and 8, its pin 971 will first move in the slot 93 without shifting the slide 84, so that the `ticket 18 is. still prevented from dropping. lOmly at the moment at which the type plate 142 presses the ticket 18 against the numbering and dating device 145 will the pin 971 strike the right side of the slot 93 and thereby shift the slide 84 to the right.. tildket 18, so that the latter on being released from the ty e plate 142 will be permitted to drop throug i the slot 91 and a channel 88 into j a discharging pocket 87 (see Figs. 4 and 7). On both sides of the registering type drum Then the slot '91 will be beneath the lio 226 two rails 128,128 (Figs. 2 and 3) are secured in the casing v58 and a horizontal shaft 133 above the. drum 226 is mounted to turn in suitable bearings. This shaft 133 is connected with the shaft 65 by means of two chain wheels 118 and 1.19 and an endless chain 138, so that both shafts will turn siinultaneousl),r and synchronously. A carriage consisting of two frame plates 124, 124, several stays and four wheels 127, 127 is provided and is arranged to move on the two rails 128, 128, While it is guided by the upper shaft 133. An arm of the carriage is connected with an 'endless chain 129, which passes over two chain wheels on two shafts.-

chain 250 and two chain wheels 132. It will be seen, that the carriage 124, 124 is obliged to partake in the motion of the printing device 4. The carriage 124, 124 contains two independent registering mechanisms, which are constructed as follows: On either side (see Fig. 3) two paper rolls. 228 and 229 are mounted to turn in the two frame plates 124, 124 and the lower paper roll 229 vis rigidly connected withl a ratchet wheel 243. A shaft 236 is mounted ,to rock in the two frame plates 124, 124 and has fastened on it a hammer 237 and an arm `(see Fig. 2) and loose a guiding roller and a checking pawl which latter engages the ratchet wheel 243. The said arm is pivotally connected with the rod 135 of an eccentric 134. 'The two eccentrics 134, 134 are so. connected with the carriage 124, 124 in any known manner, that l they canlongitudinally move on the shaft )usb inwards the res )ective stri 42 Fi'r. 12 l a 133 and are prevented from turning thereon. The two hammers 237, 237 are provided with two' guiding rollers, two pads 238, 238 of india rubber or the like and two springpressed pawls 242, 242, which latter are adapted to periodically engage the two ratchet wheels 243, ,243 and to feed thereby the paper strips 230, 230. The two paper strips 230, 230 are unwound from the two upper paper rolls 228, 228, conducted` over the four guiding rollers and the two pads238, 238 and wound on the two lower paper rolls 229.

The two hammers 237, 237 are varranged tov strike one' after the other with their pads 238, 238 the same type section on the druml 226, so that the two paper strips 230, 230 will receive the same impressions. The one paper strip 230 is destined for the operator and the other paper strip 230 for the superintendent, it being inclosed in any suitable casing (not shown) in the carriage.

This type printing and registering apparatus operates as follows: The hand-crank 13 is turned to adjust the drum 50 for the desired station hname in accordance with the dial 15 and the indicator 162 The handcrank 24 is turned to adjust the printing device 4 and the carriage 124, 124 with the registering mechanisms for the desired sort of ticket in accordance with the dial 25 and the indicator 26. The handle 143 is adjusted according to the scale above the slot 143 for obtaining the desired print on the back of the ticket. Then the handle 102 is turned, so as to cause the shaft to make one revolution. In consequence of this the canrdisk 47 wlll in the drum 50 by means of the parts 49 and 45, so as tounlock all the type plates 2, 2 in the two rows of compartments 3, 3 above'and below the strip 42 and to lock the drum 50. The Dcanrdisk 115 will simultaneously move the two racks 7 and 20 in opposite directions by means of the parts 118, 117, 110 and 210, so that the two hooks 106, 106 on the rack 7` will be' folded and will couple therespective type plate 2 with the rack 7 for withdrawing the type plate 2 from its compartment 3 and for placing it on the table of. the printing device 4, while the` rack 20 will eject the lowermost ticket blank 18 from the respective channel of the reservoir 17 to the ticket blank support by means of the ejector 108. Of course the type plate 2jr/'ill have been inked by the inking roller 29 during its motion. The eccentric 68 will move the platen 9 downwards and press it with the ticket blank 18 on the type plate 2 to produce the impression. After the impression the platen 9 xmoving upwards will release the printed ticket, whereupon the cam disk 77 will eject the ticket from the support 70 to the4 strap 80 by means ol the parts 76 and 78. The cam disk 115 will return the two racks 7 and 20 to their initial positions, so that the type plate 2 "is returned to its compartment,

whereupon the cam disk 47 will release the lever 49, which under the action of the helical spring 49 will move the strip 46 back` to its initial position and thus'lock all the type plates 2, 2 and at the same time unlock the drum 50. The ticket sliding down the strap 80 falls through the hopper 83 on the slide 84 between thetype plate 142 and the numbering and dating device 145, whereupon the eccentric 146 will actuate the lever 97 by means of the rod 148 for roducing` the impressions on the two si( es of the ticket. When the eccentric 146 returns the type plate 142 to its initial position, the ticket so liberated will drop through the slot 91 of the slide and through the channel 88 into the discharging pocket 87, from whence it can be taken off. The slide84 moved back by the lever 97 will producev the feed of the known numbering wheel in the device 145 by means of the parts 85, 141, 140 and 98.

l/Vhere so preferred,'the indicator 16 may be placed on the shaft 227 instead. of on the drum shaft51 and the, dial 15 may be transferred accordingly, as is shown at Fig. 7. In this case the operator may be able to better watch the moving indicator 16 while he turns .the hand-crank 13.

The endless chains 57 and 129 may be replaced by two racks and the endless chain 250 may be replaced by a vertical shaft mounted to turn in both the printing device 4 and the carriage 124, 124 and put in gear with two horizontal shafts by means of bevel wheels, the two horizontal shafts carrying pinions for engaging in the said two racks.

The ticket printing and registering apparatus just described may be modified in that the type plates are fastened on plates, which are radia ly guided in the drum and are arranged to be partially withdrawn therefrom in such a'manner, that the type plates themselves are severally fully introduced into the printing device for the impression, after which they are returned with the plates into 201 mesh with a pinion 2101 on a shaftjoury the drum. Such an apparatus is illustrated in Figs. 13 to 15 and is constructed as follows:

. In two standards 521, 521 on the base plate a shaft 51.1 is mounted to turn, which has fastened on it a drum 501 and a hand-crank (not shown) by meansf'of which the former can be adjusted in a similar manner as described above. The drum 501 consists of several, (here live) disks 541, 541 besides the end plates and the disks 541 541 are each provided with radial grooves 441, 441, in which plates 1031,

1031 are guided. Each plate 1031 has fastened on it a type plate 21 and is provided with a lug 1051, which can be seized and re leased by two springressed hooks 1061, 1061 several plates 1031, 1031 can be mostly withdrawn from the drum 501.A On suitable legs a table 2601 is provided, on which a carriage 741 is transversely guided by means of the two longitudinal grooves shown in Fig. 13.

U'- In this carriage 741 the rack 71 mentioned above is mounted to reciprocate, the same as a second rack 201, and the two racks 71 and naled in the carriage 741. An extension of the upper rack 201 is provided with a knob 2591, which the operator can seize for simultaneously moving the two racks 71 and 201 in opposite directions, On the carriage 741 is disposed the printing device, which comprises a stationary frame 41 and a movable frame 2531. in the former by means of its four ledges engaging in four grooves 2561, 2561 and is provided with a roller 2551 above and a projection 2541 below. `uIn the upper parts of the two legs a horizontal shaft 651 is mounted to rock7 which passes through holes in the stationary frame 41 and through slots 2581 in the movable frame 2531 and is provided with a longitudinal groove 691. lt can be ,actuated in any suitable manner, for example by means of a handle 2571. A cam 681 is mounted on the shaft 651 to longitudinally move with the two framesz41 and 2531, while it is prevented from turning on theshaft 651 by a spline engaging in the groove 691. The cam 681 is adapted to act upon the roller 2551 above for raising the frame 2531 and upon the projection 2541 below for pressing the frame 2531 with the platen 91 downwards. The platen 91 may be yieldingly connected with the frame 2531 in any known manner, for eX- ample by means of helical springs or the like, and is provided with a spring-pressed ticket blank support similar to that described The latter is vertically guided eager/1- above with reference to Figs. 4 and 6. t is' also provided with an inking roller as shown. The lower rack 7 1 is adapted to partially withdraw the respective plate 1031 from the drum 501 in the m-anner already described above over the two guiding surfaces 891, 891 (Fig. 15) on the carriage 7 41 per rack 201 is directly connected withthe ejector 1081, which serves for' ejecting the lowermost ticket blank 181 from the respective channel of the reservoir 171 to the blank and to place the type plate 21 beneath the platen 91. The up-.

ticketsupport beneath theplaten 91. The

reservoir 171 is secured"on the upper parts of the two legs, so that the carriage 7 41 is permitted to move with its parts beneath the reservoir 171. A horizontal bar 2631 is fastened on suitable arms on the two legs and is provided with several (here four) notches 2641, 2641 of triangular cross section. A lock ing lever 2611,l 2611 is mounted to rock in suitable pendent arms on the carriage 741 and its arm 2621 is pressed downwards by a helical spring 2651, so that it may engage with a sharp edge at its free end in either of the four notches-2641, 2641. Thus the carriage 741 with the printing device will be secured in the vertical central plane of either j channel in the reservoir 171 and of the corresponding section of the drum 501.

This ticket printing apparatus operates as follows: rlhe drum 501 is so turned by means of the hand-crank with regard to an indicator and a scale, as to bring the horizontal row of typel plates 21, 21 for the desired station name before the slit 2511 in the mantle 2521. The handle 2611 is depressed to withdraw its arm 2621 from the notch 2641 of the bar 2631 and the carriage 741'with the printing device is shiftedfon the table 2601, so as to bring it into the vertical central plane of the type plate 21 for the desired sort of ticket, after which the handle 2611 is released. lf necessary, the helical spring 2651 will automatically adjust the carriage 7 41 by pressing the sharp edge on the arm 2621 into the notch 2641 and thus shifting a little the carriage 741. rl'he knob 2591 lis pushed inwards to wards the printing device to cause the rack 71 to mostly withdraw the opposite plate 10,31 from the drum 501 and to place the type plate 21 beneath the platen 91, and at the same time to cause the rack 201 to eject by means of the ejector 1081 the lowermost ticket blank 181 from the respective channel of the reservoir 171 to the ticket blank support beneath the platen 91. Then the handle 2571 is forced downwards, so that the cam 681 will by means of the frame 2531 press the platen 91 with the ticket blank on the type plate 21, the latter having been previously inked by the inking roller. After the impression the handle 2571 is turned upwards to detach the printed ticket from the type ,plate 21 and the knob 2591 is pulled outwar'ls,

y lower rack 71 will return theplate 1031 vwith the type plate 21 into the drum 501 and the upper rack 201 will return the ejector 1081 to its initialposition. The ticket may be with` drawn byhand, or it may be discharged by a device similar tothat described aboveL with reference to Figs. 4 and 6.

This ticket printing apparatus may fur-l therbe so modified, that the plates with the type plates are shifted in a direction parallel `to the axis of the drum instead of in a radialy direction. Such a modified ticket printing` apparatus in combination with a recording mechanism is illustrated in Figs. 16 to 17a and is constructed as follows: In suitable Astandards 252 on the base plate a shaft 512 is mounted to turn and on this shaft a drum 502 and a hand-crank 132 with an indicator 162 are fastened. On the right standard 252 2,0 an annular plate 2772 is fastened by means of suitable stays, this plate 2772 being provided with a dial and a plurality of holes 2782 along its internal circumference. 'The handle of the hand-crank 132 is provided with a longitudinal bore or cavity, in which ya springpressed bolt 2762 is mounted to longitudinally move, while it is prevented from turning by a spline or a square or the like. The bolt 2762 is provided at its external end with a knob for Vdepressing it and at its internal J end with a hook, which can engage in either of the holes 2782. It will beunderstood, that by depressing the knob on the bolt 2762 the hand-crank 132 will be disconnected from the plate 2772, so that it can b e turned for adjusting the drum 502 in accordance with the dial', the indicator 162 pointing at the desired station name. The drum,502 has a flange 2662, which isprovided along its pe- 40 riphery witha series of holes parallel to the, aXis of the drum. In these holes Shanksl 2672, 2672 are mounted to longitudinally move, while they are in any known manner prevented from turning. For example the shanks 2672, 2672"may be made square andv accordingly also the holes.v The several shanks 2672, 2672 are each rigidly connected with a plate 1032 on which the type plate 22 'is fastened. Each plate 1032 is on its lower face provided with a sinall'type plate2742 for a registering paper strip 23025 In order to prevent the typeplates 22, 22 not wanted from shifting an annular plate2682 is disposed, which is rigidly connected with the leftstandard 252 by means of stays ror the like. This plate 2682 is provided with a slot 2692, through which the plate 1032 with the type plate 22 wanted can be withdrawn from the drum -502. A mantle 2522 may be pro- '.60 vided for inclosing the type plates 22, 22 on 21, the periphery of the drum 502, if so preferred, 1 and may .be supported 'by suitable feet. 'lThis mantle 2522 is provided with a slit in the same horizontal plane as 'the slot 2692.

On suitable legs a table 92 is provided, in which two racks 72 and 202 are guided and in which a pinion 2102 (see Fig. 17a) meshing therewith is mounted to turn. A springpressed plate placedI on the table 92 serves for receiving either plate 1032 'with type plate 22 and is provided with an inking roller 2912 and a channel for the lower type plate 2742. In the table 92 the shank 2372 of a small platen 2382 is vertically guided, while it is pressed upwards by a helical spring surrounding it. The registering paper kstrip 2302 is arranged to be unwound from a paper roll-2282 and to l loose ori the shaft of the paper roll 2292 and is adapted to be periodically pushed in a direction by a lug 2792 on the rack 72. Of course the tabley 92 is provided with a slot 2732, through which the lug 2792 and the lever 2802 can pass. A plate is placed on two side ledges on the table 92 (see Fig. 17, in which the side ledges are indicated by dotted lines) and is vprovided with journals, in which the horizontal shaft 652 is mounted to rock. This shaft 652 passes through a printing device7 which is constructed substantially the same as before, only that the cam 682 is made in one piece with the shaft 652, since the printing device 42 need not be transversely shifted. For this reasonA the reservoir 172 has a single channel for the ticket blanks 182, 182. The reservoir 172 is secured in an opening of the plate supporting the printing device 42. The rack 72 is made in one piece with a fork 2702 (see Fig. 172), the short prongs of which can pass through the said slit in the -mantle 2522 and normally engage in the spaces between the plates 1032, 1032 with type plates 22, 22 and the drum ange 2662 on the one hand and `the annular plate 2682 on the other hand. After the adjustment of the drum 502 the respective plate 1032 and type platel 22 will b`c between the two short prongs of the fork 2702, so that they can be thereby withdrawn from the drum 502 and again returned. The sJeveral shanks 2672 are preferably 'made to taper at theirrfree ends, so as to enable them to easily rengage the holes in the flange 2662 on being returned. The movablev frame of the printing device 42 is provided with an inking roller 292 for inking the respective type plate 22 during its passage in either direction. The upper rack 202 is connected with an ejector 1082, the saine as in the preceding apparatus. Fastened on the shaft 652 is an operating lever 2572, the rear arm of which is pivotally connected with a pin 2712 at the eXternal end of the rack 72 by means of a link 27 22.

This ticket printing and registering apparatus operates as follows: The knob of the bolt 2762 is depressed and the hand-crank 132 is turned and adjusted for the desired stationname, after which the knob is released. Then the operating lever 257 2 is turned downwards, so that the rack 72 will be moved outwards and will take along with it by means of the fork 2702 the plate 1032 with the type plate 22. The latter will be placed beneath the platen, after it has been inked during its motion by the inking roller 292, the same as the lower small type plate 2742 has been inked by the inking roller 2912. At the same time the other rack 202 will eject by means of the ejector 1082 the lowermost ticket blank 182 from the reservoir 172 to the ticket blank support beneath the platen. The link 2722 being at its one end a little slotted, the two racks 72 and 202 with the plate 1032 and type plate 22 will stop a little while the platen with the ticket blank is being pressed on the type plate 22 kand the type plate 2742 on the registering paper strip 2302 and the spring-pressed platen2382. Thereby the nicety of the impressions on the ticket and the registering paper strip 2302 is insured. Next the operating .lever 2572 is moved upwards, s that the rack 72 will return the plate 1032 with the type plate 22 to .the drum 502 and the rack 202 will return the ejector 1082 to its initial position, and at the same time the lug 2792 on the rack 72 will act upon the lever 2802 for feeding the registering paper strip 2302. The printed ticket is taken off or discharged by a suitable device similar to that described above.

Where so preferred, the ticket printing and registering apparatus may be so arranged, that the plates carrying the type plates are mounted in the periphery of the drum to rock in radial planes, so that they can be turned outwards and placed in the printing device for the impression, after which they are returned to the drum. Such an apparatus is illustrated in Figs. 18 to 20 and is constructed as follows: A shaft 512 is mounted in a suitable standard to turn and has fastened on it a drum 502 and a hand-crank 132 with an indicator 162. An annular plate 2772 is fastened as before on the frame and is provided with a dial and a series of holes 2782 along its internal circumference. The handle of the handcrank 132 is provided with a spring-pressed.' locklng bolt 2762, the bent internal end ofwhich can engage in either of the holes 2782.

The drum 502 is open on the left side in Fig. 18 and'its rim is provided with a plurality of yradial recesses for forks 532, 532 (see Fig. 20), in which latter the plates 1032, 1032 carrying the type plates 22, 22 are mounted to turn with t eir eyes 2812, 2812 around pins 2823,

2822 in radial planes. An annular plate 2682 fastened on the standard serves for preventing the plates 1032, 1032 and type' plates 22, 22 from turning outwards. Only on the place opposite to the s ace between the platen 93 and the movable rame of the printing device is a slit 2692 provided in the annular platel 2682 for permitting the, respective plate 1032.

and typey plate 22 to turn outwards in thedirection of the arrow in Fig. 19. The eye 2812 of every plate 1032 is provided with` gear teeth 2832 and forms a part of a pinion, which meshes with a rack 72. It will be seen, that the drum 502 is permitted to turn without disturbing the rack 72, since the gear teeth 2832, 2832 on the eyes 2812, 2812 ofthe several plates 1032, 1032 can pass through the tooth spaces of the rack 72 during the rotation of the drum 502. The rack 72 isl made in one piece with the ejector 1082 by means of a connecting piece 2842. The rack 72 is guided by a pin 2862, which engages in its slot 2852. The printing device, the reservoir 172 and the registering mechanism are constructed substantially the same as in the preceding apparatus. The frame formed of the parts 7 2, 2842 and 1082 is provided with'a pin 2712, which engages in an arched slot 2872 at the end of a link 27 22. The operatinglever 2572 may be balanced by a counterweight and is pivotally connected with the said link 27 22. lt is provided with a pin 2892, which near the end of the stroke of the operating lever 2572 is adapted to strike and to raise the link 27 22,

so that the pin 2712 may slide in the slot 2872. Thereby the frame 72, 2842, 1082 and the plate 1032 with the type plate 22 are prevented from shifting duringtthe impression, so

that the nicety of the prints on the ticket and on the registering paper strip 2302 is insured. A slotted sector 2922 is fastened by means of a suitable arm on the standard and the operating lever 257 2 is provided with a pawl 2902 and a helical spring 2912. The helical spring 2912 tends to bring the pawl 2902 into a position parallel to the operating lever 257 2.

vThe slot of the sector 2922 is provided with moving in the opposite direction, as long as it does not attain its other eXtreme position,

since the pawl 2902 will en age in either notch and check the lever. O y after the o erating lever 2572 has been brought into t e extreme position will it be permitted to move, in the op osite direction. On the standard is secure a suitable bracket (see Fig. 20.2),

'which supports tWo conical inking rollers 293 and 2913 for inking the type plate 23 and the small registering type plate respectively.

The manner of operating this apparatus is obvious after the above explanations.

1 do not claim anyaticket-printing and issu-A ing machine, in Which means are provided for printing tickets from opposite sides of the plurality of compartments, of a plurality of type plates movable in the compartments of said rotatable drum, one type plate in each compartment, a printing device, a reservoir for ticket blanks, means for adjusting said rotatable drum, means for shifting a type plate from said rotatable drum to said printing device and back, means for ejecting a ticket blank from said reservoir to said printing device, and means for actuating said printing device.

2. ln a ticket printing apparatus, the combination with a rotatable drum comprising a plurality of compartments, of a plurality of type plates movable in the compartments of said rotatable drum, one type plate in each compartment, a printing device', a reservoir for ticket blanks, means for adjusting said rotatable drum, means for simultaneously shifting a type, plate from said rotatable drum and a ticket blank from said reservoir to said printing device and for returning the type plate to the drum after the impression, and means for actuating said printing device.

3. In a ticketvprinting and registering apparatus, the combination With a rotatable drum comprising a plurality of compartments, of a plurality of type plates movable in the compartments of said rotatable drum,

one type plate in each compartment, a printing device, a reservoir for ticket blanks,l a registering mechanism, means for adjusting said rotatable drum, means for simultaneously shifting a type plate from said rotatable drum and a ticket blank from said reserplurality of type plates movable in the compartments of said rotatable drum, one type plate in each compartment, a printing device, a reservoir comprising several channels for ticket blanks in they central planes of the sections of said rotatable drum, means for adjustingsaid rotatable drum, means for adjusting said printing device along said rotatable drum and said reservoir, means for simultaneously shifting a type plate from said rotatable drum and a ticket blank from said reservoir to said printing device and for returning the type plate to the drum after the impression, and means for actuating said printing device.

5. ln a ticket printing and registering a paratus, the combination With a rotatab e drum divided in the longitudinal direction into several sections and each section comprising along its periphery a plurality of compartments, of a plurality of type plates movable in the compartments of said rotatable drum, one type plate in each compartment, a printing device, a reservoir comprising several channels for ticket blanks in the central planes of the sections of said rotatable drum, a registering mechanism, means for adjusting said rotatable drum, means for adjusting said printing device along said rotatable drum and said reservoir, means for simultaneously shifting a type plate Jfrom said rotatable drum and a ticket blank from said reservoir to said rinting device and for returning the type p ate to the drum after the impression, and means for simultaneously actuating said printing device and said registering mechanism.

6. In a ticket printing apparatus, the combination with a rotatable drum divided in the longitudinal direction into several sections corresponding to the sorts of ticket and each section comprising along its periphery a plurality of compartments corresponding to the station names, of a plurality of type plates loose in the compartments of said rotatable drum, one type plate in each compartment and the type plates in every longitudinal row of compartments beingfor the same station name, means for normally locking the type plates in the compartments of' said rotatable drum, an operating shaft parp allel to said rotatable drum, a printing device, a reservoir comprising several channels for ticket blanks in the central planes of the sections of said rotatable drum, means for adjusting said rotatable drum for the desired station name, means for adjusting said printing device along said rotatable drum and said reservoir accordingto the desired sort of ticket, lmeans controlled from said operating shaft for unlocking the type plates in that longitudinal row of compartments in said rotatable drum which is before said printing device, means controlled from said operating shaft for simultaneously shifting one of the unlocked type plates from said rotatable drum and a ticket blank from the corresponding channel in said reservoir to said printing device and for returning the type plate to the drum after the impression, and means controlled from said operating shaft for actuating said printing device.

7. In a ticket printing apparatus, the combination With a rotatable drum divided in the longitudinal direction into several sections corresponding to the sorts of ticket and each section comprising along its periphery a plurality of compartments corresponding to the station names, of a plurality of type plates loose in the compartments of said rotatable drum, one' type plate in each compartment and the type plates in every longitudinal row of compartments beingfor the same station name, means for normally locking the type plates in the compartments of said rotatable drum, an operating shaft parallelto said rotatable drum, a printing device comprising a table and a ticket blank support beneath the platen, a reservoir com-- prising several channels for ticket blanks in the central planes of the sect-ions of said ro-' tatable drum, means for adjusting said 4rotatable drum for the desired station name,

. of said from sai means for adjusting said printing device along said rotatable drum and said reservoir according to the desired sort of ticket, means controlled from said operating shaft for unlocking the type plates in that longitudinal row of compartments in said rotatable drum which is before said printing device, a pinion vmounted said printing device -to turn, two racks guided in said printing device and pinion, and means controlled from said operf-ating shaft 'for actuating said printing de- 5o `vice.

8. ina ticket printing and registering a paratus, the combination With a rotatable drum divided in the longitudinal direction into several sections corresponding to the sorts of ticket and each section comprising along its periphery a plurality of comparu device and said registering Omechanism.

operating shaft for actuating said ments corresponding to the station names, of a vplurality of type plates loose in the compartments of said rotatable drum, one type platev in each compartment and the type plates in every longitudinal row of compartments being for the same station name,

means for normally locking the type plates in the compartments of said rotatabledrum, an operating shaftparallel to said rotatable drum, a printing device, a reservoir comprising several channels for ticket blanks in the central planes of the sections of said rotatable drum, a registering type drum adapted to rotate at the same speed as said rotatable drum and provided With a plurality of type sections corresponding to said plurality of type plates, a registering mechanism adapted to print its paper strip off the respective type section of said registering type drum, means for adjusting said rotatable drum for the desired station name, means for simultaneously adjusting said printing device and said registering mechanism along said rotatable drum and said registering type drum respectively. according to the desired sort of ticket, means controlled from said operating shaft for unlocking the type plates in that longitudinal roW of compartments in said rotatable drum Which is before said printing device, means controlled from said operating shaft for simultaneously'shifting one of the unlockedt e plates from said rotatable drum and a tic et blank from the corresponding channel in said reservoir to said printing device and for returning the type plate to the drum after the impression, and 1 means controlled from said operating shaft for simultaneously actuating said printing 9. In a ticket printin a paratus, the combination With a rotatable rum comprising a plurality of compartments, of a plurality of type plates movable in the compartments of said rotatable drum, one type plate in each cpmpartment, a printing device, a reservoir for ticket blanks, means for selecting any of said type plates While adjusting said rotatable drum, means for shifting the selected type dplate from said rotatable drum to said printing device and back, and means for ej ecting a ticket blank from said reservoir to said printing device.

MARTIN LEBEIS. Witnesses:

Bnssni 1F. Dimmi?,

Louis VANnoRm 

